Hi,
Moon-Lilly wrote:
Hello,
Thanks so much for your help. I'm kind of a bit confused , but I'll have a read at the link you sent!
The different file systems used by different computers can be confusing 😉
Windows PC usually use of the following file system:
FAT32 (the older one) which Mac OSX can read and write without additional helper tools.
FAT32 however has a built-in single-file size limitation of 4GB.
NTFS (the newer and better one) which OSX can read itself, but needs a helper tool to write to it.
Mac OSX usually uses MacOS Extended (Journaled) as file system.
Windows PC can not handle this file system at all and usually don't even recognize harddisks that use this file system.
There is MacDrive
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/ that enables Windows PC to read and write the MacOS file system.
My external hard drive was originally on my old PC , but then I got the mac...but I'd like to use it to store files from both computers , is that actually possible?
Like said, keep the external HD at using NTFS and install NTFS-3G in OSX to enable full access to it from OSX.
Windows PCs can use your external HD with NTFS fully.
Hope it helps
Stefan